Burn Windows 8 ISO to USB by Windows USB/DVD Download Tool Use XCOPY to copy the Windows 8 system files to target USB 'E' is Windows 8 disk drive letter, whether it is a mounted ISO file or CD/DVD 'q' is your external USB drive letter “E:oot bootsect /nt60 q:” means to change Windows 8 mount disk as the first boot device and make external USB bootable.Ĥ. Continue to key in the following commands: ▪ Active (active the selected partition this command is optional)ģ. ▪ Format fs=ntfs quick (quickly format the selected partition into NTFS file system if you do not want it be a quick format, just omit “quick”) ▪ Select partition 1 (select the primary partition you just created actually, there is only the primary partition on USB flash drive at this situation this command is optional) ▪ Create partition primary (create a primary partition on the USB drive for saving Windows 8 system files) ▪ Clean (clean up all files on the USB if there are crucial data you’d like to keep, please move or back them out to another device before cleaning) ▪ Select disk # (# is the USB disk number) ▪ List disk (show all the disks connected to this machine) ▪ Diskpart (open disk partition command tool) Then, input the following command orders one by one and each with Pressing Enter. Insert target USB flash drive into your computer and open Command Prompt. Then, you have to use a third-party ISO image software to do it.Ģ. Tips: If there is no Mount option after right-click the ISO image, it means that the operating system of your computer does not have the capability to mount an ISO.

If the system image is on a CD/DVD, leave it as it is. If the Windows 8 installation image you have is an ISO file, you have to mount it on your computer. Create a Windows 8 Bootable using Command Promptġ. Three ways to create Windows 8 bootable USB drive Way 1. No matter which way you pick from below, you need to prepare a Windows 8 installation ISO image file or Windows 8 CD/DVD as well as an at least 4 GB (for 32-bit system) or 8 GB (for 64-bit system) USB flash drive. Preparation work before putting Windows 8 on USB drive

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